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The Carolina rice kitchen : the African connection

Title
The Carolina rice kitchen : the African connection / Karen Hess ; foreword by John Martin Taylor ; featuring in facsimile the Carolina rice cook book compiled by Mrs. Samuel G. Stoney, Charleston, South Carolina (1901) ; with additional collected receipts making a total of some three hundred historical receipts for rice.
Author
Hess, Karen
Publication
Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, [2022]

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Additional Authors
Stoney, Samuel G., Mrs
Subject
  • Cooking (Rice) > History
  • Rice > South Carolina > History
  • Cooking > South Carolina > History
  • African American cooking > History
  • South Carolina > Social life and customs
Genre/Form
  • History.
  • Cookbooks.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-191) and indexes.
Contents
The rice kitchen of the South Carolina Low Country -- To boil the rice -- Pilau and its kind -- The rice casseroles of SC -- Hoppin' John and other bean pilaus of the African Diaspora -- Rice soups -- The rice breads of South Carolina --Sweet rice dishes of South Carolina -- Rice in invalid cookery -- A few words on the Carolina Rice Cook Book and its contributors -- The facsimile.
Call Number
Sc E 22-1335
ISBN
  • 9781643363400
  • 1643363409
LCCN
2022302031
OCLC
1322812061
Author
Hess, Karen, author.
Title
The Carolina rice kitchen : the African connection / Karen Hess ; foreword by John Martin Taylor ; featuring in facsimile the Carolina rice cook book compiled by Mrs. Samuel G. Stoney, Charleston, South Carolina (1901) ; with additional collected receipts making a total of some three hundred historical receipts for rice.
Publisher
Columbia, S.C. : University of South Carolina Press, [2022]
Edition
Second edition.
Description
xix, 214 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-191) and indexes.
Summary
Where did rice originate? How did the name Hoppin' John evolve? Why was the famous rice called "Carolina Gold"? The rice kitchen of early Carolina was the result of a myriad of influences--Persian, Arab, French, English, African--but it was primarily the creation of enslaved African American cooks. And it evolved around the use of Carolina Gold. Although rice had not previously been a staple of the European plantation owners, it began to appear on the table every day. Rice became revered and was eaten at virtually every meal and in dishes that were part of every course: soups, entřes, side dishes, dessert, and breads. The ancient way of cooking rice, developed in India and Africa, became the Carolina way. Carolina Gold rice was so esteemed that its very name became a generic term in much of the world for the finest long-grain rice available. This engaging book is packed with fascinating historical details, including more than three hundred recipes and a facsimile of the Carolina Rice Cook Book from 1901. A new foreword by John Martin Taylor underscores Hess's legacy as a culinary historian and the successful revival of Carolina Gold rice.
Added Author
Stoney, Samuel G., Mrs. Carolina rice cook book.
Research Call Number
Sc E 22-1335
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